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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 

OF THE INA/GVRATION OF 

GEORGE WASHINGTON 

AS PRESIDENT OF THE 

- UNITED STATES - 




MDCCLXXXDC - A\DCCCLXXXIX 



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Reproduced and Printed by 
The Boston Photogravure Company. 



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PROGRAMME OF THE 
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE INAUGURATION OF 

GEORGE WASHINGTON 

AS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 





New -York, Wednesday, April 17, 1889. 



8.30 O'CLOCK P. M. Formal opening of rhe Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits and 
Relics, at the Assembly Rooms of the Metropolitan Opera House, corner Broadway and 
Thirty-ninth Street. 



Monday, April 29. 

The President of the United States. Benjamin Marrison. under the escort of the Committee 
nn Navy, ienves Elizabethport at 1 1 a. m. in the U. S. Steamer Dispatch, and, arriving 
at the foot of Wall Street, is received by the Committee on States. 

2 TO 4 0'C;L0CK p. M. Lunch and reception at the Equitable Building to the President 
of the United States and the Commissioners from all the States and Territories. 

4 TO 6 O* CLOCK P. M. Public Reception given to the President in the Governor's Room 
ofthe aty Hall. 

in the evening the Ball given in honor of the President and the other guests of the General 
Committee at the Metropolitan Opera House. 



Tuesday, April 30. 

9 O'CLOCK A. M. Special Service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul's Church. 

10 O'CLOCK A. M. Literary Exercises on the steps of the Sub-Treasury in Wall Street. 

12 O'CLOCK M. The Military Parade, Major-General John M. Schofield, U. S. A., Grand 
Marshal, starts from the corner of Broadway and Wall Street, marching over the 
following route : up Broadway to Waverley Place, through Waverley Place to Fifth 
Avenue, up Fifth Avenue to Fifty-ninth Street. 

7 O'CLOCK P. M. Reception of the President of the United States by the Committee 

on Art and Exhibition at the Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits and Relics. 

8 O'CLOCK P. M. Banquet given to the President of the United States and the invited 

guests at the Metropolitan Opera House. 

Wednesday, May i . 

industrial and Civic Parade. 



Wednesday, May 8. 

Close of the Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits and Relics. 



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Committee/on the Centennial Celebration, April 30, 1889, 
OF the Inauguration of George Washington, as 
First President of the United States. 



CHARLES H. ADAMS. 
CHARLES F. ALLEN. 
E. ELLERY ANDERSON'. 
CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR. 
WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR. 
RICHARD T. AUCHMUTY. 
JOHN JACOB ASTOR, JR. 
SAMUEL D. BABCOCK. 
JOHN S. BARNES. 
S. L. M. BARLOW. 
WARREN C. BEACH. 
FREDERICK A. BENJAMIN. 
J. W. BEEKMAN. 
WILLIAM B. BEEKMAN. 
ROBERT L. BELKNAP. 
GEORGE BLISS. 
CORNELIUS N. BLISS. 
JOHN H. BIRD. 
WILLIAM H. BISSELL. 
SAMUEL BORROWE. 
EDWIN BOOTH. 
H. H. BOYESEN. 
CLARENCE W. BOWEN. 
JAMES M. BROWN. 
JAMES J. BURNET. 
ALLAN CAMPBELL.' 
JOHN L. CADWALADER. 
JACOB A. CANTOR. 
JAMES C. CARTER. 
HENRY GUY CARLETON. 
ALFRED C. CHENEY. " 



ALEXANDER J. CLINTON. 
FLOYD CLARKSON. 
FREDERICK CLARKSON. 
BANYER CLARKSON. 
JOHN CLAFLIN. 
CHARLES A. COE. 
MONCURE D. CONWAY. 
ALFRED R. CONKLING. 
WASHINGTON E. CONNOR. 
JAMES M. CONSTABLE. 
EDWARD COOPER. 
JOHN COCHRANE. 
FREDERICK R. COUDERT. 
EDWIN A. CRUIKSHANK. 
S. VAN RENSSELAER CRUGER. 
WILLIAM HENRY CROSBY. 
W. BAYARD CUTTING. 
HARRISON CLARK. 
JOHN D. CRIMMINS. 
CHARLES P. DALY. 
CHARLES W. DAYTON. 
RICHARD T. DAVIES. 
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW. 
F. J. DE PEYSTER. 
1.. F. DE LANCEY. 
GEORGE G. DE WITT. 
RICHARD V. DE WITT. 
L. P. DI CESNOLA. 
MORGAN DIX. 
WILLIAM E. DODGE. 
ALEXANDER W. DRAKE. 



FRANKLIN EDSON. 
EDWARD M. L. EHLERS. 
THOMAS ADDIS EMMET. 
HENRY ERBEN. 
WILLIAM M. EVARTS. 
LOYALL FARRAGUT. 
STUYVESANT FISH. 
HAMILTON FISH. 
LOUIS FITZGERALD. 
JOSIAH M. FISKE. 
H. C. FAHNESTOCK. 
GORDON L. FORD. 
FREDERICK GALLATIN. 
ASA BIRD GARDINER. 
GEORGE CLINTON GENET. 
WILLIAM H. GEDNEY. 
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY. 
RICHARD W. GILDER. 
OGDEN GOELET. 
ROBERT GOELET. 
HUGH J. GRANT. 
WILLIAM R. GRACE. 
GEORGE G. HAVEN. 
SCHUYLER HAMILTON. 
WILLIAM G. HAMILTON. 
CHARLES HENRY HART. 
CHARLES HAUSELT. 
ABRAM S. HEWITT. 
EDMUND HENDRICKS. 
FRANK HISCOCK. 
DANIEL HUNTINGTON. 



JAMES W. HUSTED. 
HENRY B. HYDE. 
CHARLES ISHAM. 
ADRIAN ISELIN. 
BRAYTON IVES. 
JOSEPH C. JACKSON. 
D. WILLIS JAMES. 
WILLIAM JAY. 
JOHN JAY. 
JOHN D. W. JONES. 
S. NICHOLSON KANE. 
WILLIAM LINN KEESE. 
EUGENE KELLY. 
JOHN A. KING. 
RUFUS KING. 
ALEXANDER KNOX. 
JOHN J. KNOX. 
FRANK R. LAWRENCE 
ARTHUR LEARY. 
HENRY B. LEDYARD. 
HENRY W. LE ROY. 
JOHNSTON LIVINGSTON. 
JAMES D. LIVINGSTON. 
SETH LOW. 
EDV/ARD V. LOEW. 
HENRY G. MAROJJAND. 

WARD McAllister. 

FRANCIS D. MILLET. 
DARIUS O. MILLS. 
JACOB B. MOORE. 
THOMAS S, MOORE. 
JAMES M. MONTGOMERY. 
GOUVERNEUR MORRIS. 
LOUIS G. MORRIS. 
J. PIERPONT MORGAN. 
THEODORE W. MYERS. 



THOMAS H. NEWBOLD. 
DE LANCEY NICOLL. 
STEPHEN HENRY OLIN. 
OSWALD OTTENDORFER. 
CHARLES PARSONS. 
OLIVER H. PERRY. 
GEORGE H, PENDLETON. 
JOHN B. PINE. 
JOHN J. PIERREPONT. 
JOHN F. PLUMMER. 
ORLANDO B. POTTER. 
F. W. RHINELANDER. 
ROBERT R. ROOSEVELT. 
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 
J. HAMPDEN ROBB. 
WILLIAM H. ROBERTSON. 
CHARLES H. RUSSELL, JR. 
ROBERT RUTTER. 
' ROBERT SCHELL. 
EDWARD SCHELL. 
F. A. SCHERMERHORN. 
JOHN SCHUYLER. 
PHILIP SCHUYLER. 
JESSE SELIGMAN. 
CLARENCE A. SEWARD. 
ROBERT H. SHANNON. 
GARDINER SHERMAN, 
JACKSON S. SHULTZ, 
CLIFFORD S. SIMS. 
J. EDWARD SIMMONS, 
JOHN SLOANE, 
WILLIAM D. SLOANE. 
HENRY L. SLOTE. 
JAMES D. SMITH. 
F. HOPKINSON SMITH. 
WILLIAM C. SMITH. 



WILLIAM STEINWAY. 
RICHARD H. STODDARD. 
WILLIAM E. DODGE STOKES. 
RUTHERFURD STUYVESANT. 
LISPENARD STEWART. 
WALTER STANTON. 
JOHN A. STEVENS. 
MYLES STANDISH. 
WILLIAM L. STRONG. 

F. S. TALLMADGE. 
FREDERICK D. TAPPEN. 
DANIEL F. TIEMAN. 
JOHN C. TOMLINSON. 
JOHN J. TUCKER. 
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. 
WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT. 
T. C. VAN BUREN. 

J. S. VAN COURTLAND. 
J. T. VAN RENSSELAER. 
JOHN BARNES VARICK. 
JAMES M. VARNUM. 
ANDREW WARNER. 
ALEXANDER S. WEBB. 

G. CREIGHTON WEBB. 
JOHN A. WEEKES. 
ERASTUS WIMAN. 
LOCKE W. WINCHESTER. 
WILLIAM H. WICKHAM. 
RICHARD T. WILSON. 
BUCHANAN WINTHROP. 
EGERTON LEIGH WINTHROP. 
JAMES GRANT WILSON. 
GEORGE WILSON. 
STEPHEN M. WRIGHT. 
WILLIAM M. POLK. 



Committee No 6. Entertainment. 

STUYVESANT FISH, 
Chairman. 

WILLIAM BEDLOW BEEKMAN, 

l^reasurer. 

GOUVERNEUR MORRIS, 
Secretarv. 



William Waldork Asi't 
S. L. M. Barlow. 
Robert Goelkt. 
William Jay. 



Stephen Henry Olin. 
William E. Dodge Stokes 
William K. Vanderbilt. 
Egkrton Leigh Winthroj'. 



Ei>MnM. C. Stanton, 

Pireclor 



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NOTE. 

This souvenir was prepared at tiie request of the Committee en Enter- 
tainment by the Committee on Art and Exhibition. 

The medal, of which the obverse is shown on the first cover page and 
tile reverse on the last cover page, was designed by Augustus St. Gaudens 
and modeled under his direct supervision by Philip Martiny 

The decorative design on the third page is from a drawing by Edwin 
Howland Blashfield. 

The decorative design on pages 6 and 7 is from a drawing by Will H. 
Low. 

The lettering on the tablets and on the cover was executed under the 
supervision of Stanford White. 



Committee No. 9. Art and Exhibition. 



Henry G. Marquand, Chainnan. 
Gordon L. Ford, l^icc-Chairnun. 
Richard W. Gilder, Secretarj'. 
Daniel Huntington. 
F. HopKiNsoN Smith. 
William E. Dodge. 
Charles Parsons. 
Alexander W. Drake. 

William A. Coffin, Maimirer. 



Oliver H. Perry. 
Francis D. Millet. 

HjALMAR H. BOYESEN. 

Charles Henry Hart. 

RUTHERFURD StUYVESANT. 

John L. Cadwalader. 
LisPENARD Stewart. 
Charles H. Russell. Jr. 




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